Day 8 of the 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) was another day of intense poker action at the PokerStars virtual felt. Thousands of the game’s elite grinders took to the table to chase fame and fortune in the $85 million guarantee festival. Which players manage to achieve those goals? Let’s find out.

Day 8 Thursday Results

SCOOP-29-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $750K Gtd

Russia’s Artur “mararthur1” Martirosyan has been in scintillating form for several weeks, going deep in dozens of high roller events in the online poker. He won a SCOOP event on Day 5 and last night took down the SCOOP-29-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $750K Gtd.

Martirosyan banked an impressive $157,426 for his $5,200 investment. The Russian scooped the top prize after sending Dutch player “pm_marke” to the showers in second place. The runner-up collected $121,869.

SCOOP-29-M: $530 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $500K Gtd

It was a British one-two in the SCOOP-29-M: $530 NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze, $500K Gtd with the Brits striking a deal when heads-up.

Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane is better-know for his PLO prowess but it was at the Hold’em tables that he excelled here. Cochrane officially finished in second and padded his bankroll with $71,742 after the aforementioned deal. “Sc0RPioN95” was crowned the event’s champion, an accolade that came with a chunky $83,609 prize.

SCOOP-30-H: $530+R PLO 6-Max, $350K Gtd

PLO is an extremely popular game in Scandinavian and Nordic countries and that showed with four of the six finalists in the SCOOP-30-H: $530+R PLO 6-Max, $350K Gtd event hailing from those regions.

“WRUUUM” of Finland busted in fifth for $26,488 before the PLO specialist Andreas “Skervoy” Torbergsen crashed out in fourth for $35,878.

Sweden’s “tobbeb95” banked $48,598, which set up a heads-up battle between Netherlands’ “aaldert-92” and Norway’s Myrmo “locomi” Espen. There was a prize difference of more than $30,000 but no deal was struck. This meant Espen got his hands on $89,165 when he emerged from the one-on-battle victoriously. His Dutch opponent consoled himself with $65,828.

Place

Player

Country

Payout

1

Myrmo “locomi” Espen

Norway

$89,165

2

aaldert-92

Netherlands

$65,828

3

tobbeb95

Sweden

$48,598

4

Andreas “Skervoy” Torbergsen

Norway

$35,878

5

WRUUUM

Finland

$26,488

6

3DTemujin

Kazakhstan$19,555

SCOOP-30-M: $55+R PLO 6-Max, $150K Gtd

Joao “IneedMassari” Simao came agonisingly close to taking down the SCOOP-30-M: $55+R PLO 6-Max, $150K Gtd event but ultimately fell at the final hurdle. Second-place in this event weighed in at a cool $23,780 but that was blown out of the water by the $34,130 top prize secured by Greece’s “tsafas13”.

Also at the final table was the German star known as “Sintoras”. They put together another deep run but ran out of steam in third-place and had to make do with a $16,569 addition to their bankroll.

Place

Player

Country

Payout

1

tsafas13

Greece

$34,130

2

Joao “IneedMassari” Simao

Brazil

$23,780

3

Sintoras

Germany

$16,569

4

K-town Kirk

Canada

$11,545

5

mari4ka9510

Ukraine

$8,044

6

skattefar

United Kingdom

$5,605

SCOOP-31-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd

A field of 675 ensured the guarantee of the SCOOP-31-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO, $500K Gtd was surpassed by $175,000 and it as Russia’s “fantomvmk” who took full advantage of the juicy prize pool by being the last player standing.

The final table was a star-studded affair with such luminaries as Max “goodeh99” Silver (6th - $16,533) and Romania’s Vlad “dariepoker” Darie (5th - $20,891) being present and correct.

“L1VeYRdrEamS” and “shtiriltz_” busted in fourth and third place respectively, setting up a heads-up clash between fantomvmk and Netherlands’ “tonn22”. Tonn22 fell by the wayside in second-place and won $72,533, including bounties, leaving the Russian to win the tournament’s only six-figure prize.

Place

Player

Country

Payout

Bounty payout

Total payout

1

fantomvmk

Russia

$50,848

$53,030

$103,878

2

tonn22

Netherlands

$50,847

$21,686

$72,533

3

shtirilitz_

Russia

$31,940

$14,927

$46,867

4

L1VeYRdrEamS

Canada

$23,606

$4,609

$28,215

5

Vlad “dariepoker” Darie

Romania

$17,446

$3,445

$20,891

6

Max “goodeg99” Silver

Ireland

$12,893

$3,640

$16,533

7

Arturs “FeelTh3Power” Balins

Latvia

$9,529

$2,906

$12,435

8

MAMOHT_T

Russia

$7,042

$6,949

$13,991

9

Christian “ChristianBR4” Rabello de Almeida

Brazil

$5,205

$8,343

$13,548

SCOOP-31-M: $109 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd

Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov became a SCOOP champion on Day 8 courtesy of being the last man standing in the SCOOP-31-M: $109 NLHE PKO, $400K Gtd.

Filatov banked the $33,567 top prize plus a cool $21,392 worth of bounty payments for a combined prize worth $54,959. A large percentage of that bounty payment was on the head of runner-up “fishgirl19y” of Greece who tripped at the final hurdle and had to settle for second place. The runner-up’s total prize weighed in at $34,738, a great return on a $109 investment.

SCOOP-33-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], $1M Gtd

SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], $1M Gtd

Prize Pool

$1,170,000

Players left/Player

15/117

Chip leader

Andras “probirs” Nemeth (Hungary)

First place prize

$113,785

Andras “probirs” Nemeth has an almost unnatural ability to navigate his way deep into the toughest poker tournaments. He’s gone and done it again in the SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], $1M Gtd event where he leads the 15 surviving players.

$113,785 is up for grabs for finishing first and nemeth has already accumulated $42,500 worth of bounties!

Some of poker’s elite join Nemeth on Day 2. These include Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker, and Sam “SamSquid” Grafton.

SCOOP-35-M: $215 NLHE [6-Max], $250K Gtd

SCOOP-35-H: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max], $250K Gtd

Prize Pool

$570,000

Players left/Player

35/285

Chip leader

Ti0373 (Russia)

First place prize

$108,799

Big Events Scheduled on May 8

May 8 is Day 9 of this incredible series and sees some massive tournaments take place. Check out the table below to see which events you can play in the table below in addition to the in-play events above that conclude later.

Time (EDT)

Time (GMT)

Tournament

Guarantee

1:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

SCOOP-36-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max]

$125,000

1:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

SCOOP-36-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max]

$400,000

1:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

SCOOP-36-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max

$500,000

2:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

SCOOP-37-L: $22 HORSE

$35,000

2:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

SCOOP-37-M: $215 HORSE

$50,000

2:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

SCOOP-37-H: $2,100 HORSE

$125,000

3:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

SCOOP-38-L: $5.50 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]

$60,000

3:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

SCOOP-38-M: $55 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]

$175,000

3:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

SCOOP-38-H: $530 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo Progressive Total KO, Zoom]

$250,000

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